Thread by @mbueckert

I just watched Katie Hopkins' new documentary about "genocide" of white people in South Africa, produced by Ezra Levant's Rebel Media. As far as delusional racist agitprop goes, it was completely unwatchable. A couple of thoughts... #plaasmoorde #cdnpoli

We've been waiting 8 months for this film's release. Since it is basically a mashup of her previously released videos, this delay makes absolutely no sense. What has she been doing??

I've already dealt with most of its themes for @africasacountry: africasacountry.com/2018/02/search…

#Plaasmoorde is completely unwatchable. It's basically a stream-of-consciousness veering between highly exploitative accounts of violent crime, dubious witnesses speculating about conspiracy theories. It's even worse than #Farmlands!

https://twitter.com/mbueckert/status/1015292033831981061

Hopkins' analysis is unbearably shallow. Reflecting on household security systems, she ponders: “I wonder if apartheid ever went away? It seems the only thing that has shifted is who has the power.”

Right... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid

Hopkins' main claim seems to be that attacks on white farmers must have required the “discipline, training, funding, and equipment that can only be provided by people in power: the politicians and police." I can't stress enough how much she has failed to prove her case.

Like 99% of Hopkins' evidence for her claims come from an unidentified white police officer, who himself sought Hopkins out, who claims that the attacks are "terrorism" & speculates that the African National Congress is behind them.

There's a bunch of Christian stuff in here, too. Kinda reminds me of how American rightwingers defended apartheid by saying that white South Africans were good Christians and that therefore their system of racial oppression should be supported.

Unlike Southern’s #Farmlands, Hopkins actually talks to black farm workers... but only to pity them, based on how they are affected by crimes against their white employers. #plaasmoorde

Honestly... it is weird. #Plaasmoorde ONLY looks at black-white relationships in terms of employer-employee. The goals, well-being, and futures of black people are portrayed solely as dependent on their relationship to their white employers. Or, they show up as villains.

Hopkins' conclusion: “And this is my truth from South Africa. Whites are being systematically cleansed from the land." Strangely, she doesn't actually use the word "genocide" in the film, despite its predominant use in marketing #plaasmoorde

Worth noting the presence of @AfriForum's @ErnstRoets - who says there's no genocide - in a racist movie promoting theories of "genocide"; and @steve_hofmeyr, a guy who often shows up in my mentions to defend apartheid. #Plaasmoorde

Oh also: there's a book! And when I say "book," I mean a 70-page e-book published by Rebel Media. Seems like Hopkins is exploiting terrible human tragedy as well as racist theories so that she can recover from bankruptcy, but that's just speculation. #plaasmoorde

Bottom line: even by the low standards of the genre, Katie Hopkins' racist "#WhiteGenocide" documentary is trash. From storytelling to ideological elements to basic technical competence, its a total failure. Alas, the far-right will probably share it anyway #plaasmoorde #cdnpoli

To be clear: violent crime in South Africa (including against white people) is real and horrific, but with #Plaasmoorde Hopkins is exploiting these stories to advance her own racist, far-right agenda of white supremacy at home. There's no #WhiteGenocide africasacountry.com/2018/02/search…

btw, have I mentioned that Katie Hopkins is an idiot who has no idea what she is talking about?

https://twitter.com/mbueckert/status/1043608190733221888

on that note, have I mentioned that Katie Hopkins is basically a Nazi?

https://twitter.com/mbueckert/status/1042046052600344579

Here's a "fun" twist: Hopkins' doc #plaasmoorde has been praised by Ingrid Carlqvist, Swedish anti-Muslim activist and frequent peddler of holocaust denial. Today they shared a stage at a conference for a new UK far-right party. hopenothate.org.uk/2018/09/20/bri…

Calqvist was also recently in South Africa where she apologized to white people for having previously opposed apartheid. (She then filled my mentions w/ justifications for apartheid and promoting racist IQ 'science') #plaasmoorde africasacountry.com/2018/09/the-fo…

https://twitter.com/mbueckert/status/1040601287757312000

Once again #AfriForum is sharing #WhiteGenocide content that they otherwise loudly claim to disagree with when they want to be taken seriously

https://twitter.com/mbueckert/status/1044938201004208129